Separatist rebels reportedly burned a missionary airplane in Pagamba town, Intan Jaya regency, Papua, on Wednesday. The aircraft, registered as a PK-MAX and run by the Missionary Air Travel Fellowship (MAF), departed from Nabire Airport with two passengers heading to Pagamba airstrip. American Alex Lufercheck stated the Kodiak 100 airplane had landed without issue at Pagamba airstrip at 9: 30 a.m. regional time. Members of the Free Papua Company (OPM) separatist group reportedly charged the plane and bought Lufercheck to disembark. “Then someone bring a gun […] shot into the air and purchased the pilot to keep his head down,” Papua Police chief spokesman Sr. Comr. AM Kamal said in a written declaration on Thursday as reported by kompas.com. The alleged OPM members then set fire to the aircraft while the pilot was evacuated from the locatio …
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